Religious Fanaticism in Russia
By Editor
The bitterest ingredient in the Russian situation is religious fanaticism, yet it is one of the nominal "Christian nations." The following dispatch from Moscow, dated July 25, illustrates the point: Tens of thousands of copies of the Viechs, a Black Hundred paper, containing the most provocative articles against the Jews and revolutionists, are being distributed gratis in the streets. An editorial in the paper glorifies the dispersal of the "revolutionary assembly, of Jews and Jewish sympathizers," adding: "The prayers of the people have at last found an echo in the heart of the Emperor. Arise, Orthodox Russians; take care that the next Parliament is not an assembly of Jews and revolutionists, but a state institution willing to work in harmony with the autocratic Emperor and the fundamental law."